Video of Victoria Boni with an appeal “on behalf of the people” to Russian President Vladimir Putin acquired Over 20 million views and 1 million likes on Instagram.
Blogger posted New video With a comment on the subject of your appeal. She stated that after the appeal was published, she was contacted by journalists, including Yuri Dud, as well as independent publications Dozhd and The Insider, but she would not give an interview.
“Guys, we have different missions. <…> I will not give any interviews. I love my country, and I will not betray it. I am for the country, for the people. I have nothing more to say. I’m not some kind of oppositionist. I wasn’t and I don’t intend to be. I am just a person with a heart,” said Punia.
On April 14, Victoria Bonya posted an 18-minute appeal to Vladimir Putin on Instagram, saying that everyone is afraid of him, but not of her. In her video, the blogger listed five pressing problems that “no governor will talk about”: floods in Dagestan, pollution of beaches and the sea in Anapa with fuel oil, rules allowing the killing of animals listed in the Red Book, confiscation and destruction of livestock in the Novosibirsk region, as well as an Internet blockade.